WHAT WE DO
Photo (c) Tim Smith Photos
Settle Victoria Hall serves Settle, Craven, the Yorkshire Dales, and farther afield, both as as a community space and as a home for arts and culture in our Dales community.
During the day, we have a huge range of classes and community groups, alongside our Refreshment Gardens, festivals, markets, and public and private events. In the evening, our beautiful little music hall is transformed into a venue for top-quality live music, drama, comedy, spoken word, film, and festivals.
Shows and Events
As a music venue, we’re small but mighty! Nearly 200 different events every year, in a friendly, intimate little independent venue where you can feel over 170 years of history sitting or dancing alongside you as soon as the lights go down and the music starts. There’s nowhere else quite like Victoria Hall!
We pride ourselves on being a local venue of national standing and we'll regularly see people travel from across the country just for our shows. We punch well above our weight in terms of the number and quality of shows and the size of the audiences that we attract, and we’re constantly blown away by the big names who just keep coming back, and who seem to love our little venue as much as we do.
We strive to be open and accessible to all, regardless of background, age, gender, or ability. Our hall is actively open to all without prejudice or favour, and we work hard to make our space welcoming to all who come through the doors. As a visitor recently said, "everyone who comes through these door has a smile on their face", and that's why we're here and what we do.
Our programme ranges from punk-rock to Shakespeare, blues to Gilbert and Sullivan, stand-up comedy to folk opera, and Heavy Metal to Silent Film. Follow the link below to see what’s on.
Community
As well as our theatrical evening events, Victoria Hall is available for use as a community meeting space during the day. We have three meeting rooms, along with the main hall, and every day you’ll find something going on at Victoria Hall, from indoor markets to Circle Dancing, Sociology, Scrabble, or Geology.
Our meeting rooms and the main hall are also available for corporate and private events, ranging from conferences to weddings, parties, and public consultations. If you would like to hire a room or run an event at Victoria Hall, either regular or one-off, you can find out more and download an enquiry form here.
Miss Victoria’s Enterprises
Miss Victoria Hall has been here for the public of Settle and its environs since 1853, with musical and theatrical entertainments, modern moving picture shows, and as a community hub and meeting place. As a grand old lady of 170, Miss Victoria requires rather a lot of upkeep, and to this end, she has taken on a number of exciting new enterprises, all raising money to keep her alive and thriving into the future.
Miss Victoria’s Emporium in Settle Market Place is a cornucopia of vintage delights and local artisan crafts, all raising money for Victoria Hall.
Miss Victoria’s Refreshment Gardens are open April- September, serving a delectable range of drinks, cakes, and light luncheons and conveniently located just behind the Music Hall.
Settle Community Response
In March 2020, Victoria Hall was temporarily repurposed into a community response hub for Settle and the surrounding area, providing practical and emotional support to vulnerable and isolated people.
Over 2000 prescriptions and 1300 bags of shopping were delivered by our amazing team of volunteers between March and September. The generosity, compassion and tireless work of the Settle community in looking after our vulnerable population has been incredible, and we are truly grateful to everyone who came forward to volunteer, donate, or just show their support for Settle Community Response.
As of 1 September 2020, we have handed over our shopping and prescription services to Age UK North Craven, as we move back towards normality. You can call Age UK on 01729 823066.